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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION'. ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY APRIL 20, 1886
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IT CURED J[IS COUGH.
And It win Con Any ody*a Couch.
Bed the following testimonial of n prominent
Sooth Carolinian about Tsylor's Sweet Goa sad
IfaUeln:
without
fyour Cherokee Remedy of dweet
. end Mullein. After using one Ibotllo end. e
of the leme I am almost entirely cured: end I
ehoald edvlse enj one laboring undue “the cough'
to use It et onee. Thanking you for this remedy, I
remain very respectfully, J. H. Dzasv.
TAYLOR’S
CHEROKEE REMEDY
Of Sweet Gum end Mullein,
^ Theeweetetun,. u igethcred flora a me
BoSSwraJ
tot Oougha, Croon, Whooping-Cough end Couaumi.
tlom end ao peletehleo any child is pleeeed to take
Aik your drnjKiMt for It. S5o tod tLOO dm, If
be doc* not keep it, we will pay, for one tlmo only.
tofttaSsssfotSESr '**• *° • njp “ t
„ , WAftTIR A. TAYLOR, Atlanta. G*.
Mention thti paper.
SKINNER ENCINE CO.^ra.
AWARDED
COMPETITORS
QGOLD RnOriuil
U medals ixrosmog
BEST
PLANTERS*
ENGINE
In tit HARfET.
SUCCESSFUL FARMERS.
SHORT TALKS WITH FARMERS ON
FARM TOPICS.
The (weet Votatera-Whst a Barrie Count, ranter
DM-rerm [NetM-TohaceQ Cultur.-Owrsl.
Bide Tut to Beeome o Tooooee Pro,
duolag lute-other ran N«wa.
The Sweet Potato.
Thcvalneof thlacropat the eouth a< a cheap
food for man and beeat cannot be too highly
extolled. No crop can be grown on the land
that furnishes each e quantity of palatable,
healthy, nutrition, food ea the aweot potato,
and no crop la ao caey of cultivation. Yielding
ten to twenty time, aa much per acre aa com,
the price on an average will be in fkvor of the
potato. The market ta somet* " —
there ia no ante for them, bat
Iy ana packed away in n honte In dry land
they will keep from one crop
to another. Alter the potato has
matured, the vine* can be cut and fed to hogs,
aheep and cattle, and will be eaten greedily,
that making quite n help at that aeaaon of the
year when paatnrea are dried and parched, and
Airmailing a change of food for .took, which la
ao ciaential to their health and thriltincaa.
The various mode, of preparing the tweet po
tato for the table make, it a moat valuable ar
ticle of food, and no family living in the conn-
try can afford to bo without them. In the
fall, after the crop haa been housed, the Held
afforde one of the finest runs for
hogs imaginable, and keeps them In
good condition to be fattoned off with corn bo-
loic killing. Thera ia no better foodfor milch
cow. than sweet potatoes chopped in email
pieces and fed raw, or cooked with other food:
they produce n fine flavor of rich, aweot milk,
that makes good firm batter.
The most approved method of cultivating
the sweet potato la to prepare land thoroughly
by decu pulverisation, lar “ “ " ■
and bed. Start drawers i
The Magruder Mine and Plan
tation for Sale.
O N THE PIBST TUESDAY IN JUNE MM, AT
the place designated for eherlft'a sales In the
town or Washington, will ba offered forealo at nub.
Mo outcry the Magruder Gold, Copper and head
Mine, located iwelre mile, from Wasnlnglon, Ua.
• The water anpply Is furnished by springe and
branches, and U unfailing, and the buildings upon
“KW^sttb. met of nine
hundred and one acres, more or less, of what la
considered one of the most desirable ana fertile
plantations in the state.
The soli Is a dark, rich chocolate clay base, most
ly upland and lies well for cultivation. It 1s well
Umbered with oak and hickory principally, besides
some cedar, chestnut, walnut and pine. Terms
cash, but purchase can bo negotiated privately be<
tore day of sale. P. J. SULLIVAN, Trustee,
suawky 833 Broad street, Augusta, Ua
beds. Use sweep for first and seoond plowing.
pall the rfnee on
id throw tho dirt
.MALARIA,
Tlw Universal Fne of Health.
M ALARIA IS BAD AIR WHICH ENTERS
the system through the longs and seemt
to have an especial liking for the Liver. The
first cflect of Malarial poison Is to coat and
thicken the linings of . tbs stomach and disturb
Its functions. It? congests the liver, cl&gs it,
stops its working. It enlarges the spleen, vi
tiates tho blood, pushes itself everywhere.
What[$ ihe Re£ujl2
Chills always follow active congestion of any
organ nr part You can't core them till you
breakup and reduce the congestion. Man-
drake Is the best known principle In nature
for reducing congestion. Take it actively,
persistently, and yon remove tbs oause of tho
chills. Than take it occasionally and yon kill
tho malarial potsous aa fast aa yon Inhale them,
flat wail by using
—OTTOWt-
Mandroko Fills,
aorU-tf son wad At wky n r i
TUMORS AND
IrasofW Vastly
VP mm
■ V HAVE BAS ■ ■ ■
COFFEE
wmoi BY U01VO
LEVERING *8
Yu Will Alvays Have It Good.
GROCERS 8ELL IT.
**
& LEVERING A CO- BALTIMORE, UD.
Mention this paper. marts—tb tu Awkftwuius
BLR FOBSEBdION FOR BVXRY MAR
In busiuen ta osr. at Tho Oonstltu-
id now books. Tho note* wain all
ghtsandexemptloiia and the garnish-
gas. Wa send a book of 100 notes upon
or go nous rot IS cents. Addrew
dAW
LIBYOT BlflCARM
ALWAYS OURABU ST USING
MEXICAN
MUSTANG
ri LINIMENT.
or ntxu run, or unuu.
Bare. aadNeaJd*' Sasea and Malta,
estate nag Bites, Rpavta, Creeks,
Cats sad Bralake, Berew Worm, Grab,
Spralas A-HtftckM, Feat Bat, Beef All,
Cutnscudfitaael**, Lam.aaaa,
Stiff delate, Bwtaay, rreatwa
Bneluuhe, Sprains, Btralas,
Srapslraa,' Sera Fees.
Vnas nites, Itlffaeu,
radaU.xtsraaUleeaeraaeiforeeykirtaraestfoac
tasgranalaaa la faatily,.labia and itoek pawl, itu
TUI BIST Off ALL
LINIMENTS
t apart. If transplanting
be done when dsy, dip the roots in a mixture
of clay, cow manure and water, thickened to
the consistency of batter In the bottom of the
Atrrow, whore they trill be protected some
what from the hot tun, and there will be very
few that will die. When drawers hare com
menced new grosrth hoe them, levelling the
beds. Use awcop for fir ‘ * "
At tho lost plowing
top of tho bed, am
to them, with o tnm plow, then
pull up tho bod well with a hoc. Tho best soil
for the sweet potato ia n deep sandy loam wall
onrtched srith stable manure.
Following are some of the moot popular va
rieties In cultivation described:
Jersey Bed—This is the earliest variety In
cultivation, coming on about two weeks in ad
vance of othcre. It is veryJproHfle, of largo
•ire, with red peel, and white flesh, la dry and
mealy when cooked, and ia a favorite in north
ern markets, where a dry mealy potato la pm-
fered. It keeui noorlv.
Hayti Yam—Thla is a largo white potato
with smooth pool, ia very prefllo and matures
next to. Jersey red. It has been called the
poor man’s, or poc ' ' ‘ ”
serves the namo.
potato, and os
iitlrs than any other‘variety. It la"tho
boot of keepers, lasting often whon packed in
dry rand from one crop to another,
Florida Providence—la very mueb like
Hay ti yam, tbo only perceptlhlo difference Is
its rough exterior. It la also an oxcellont
keeper.
Golden Yam—This la without doubt tho
meat superior table potato, haring n smooth
yellow peel, with golden colored flesh. It ia
prolific, of good olao and shape, and keeps tol
erably well.
Nancemond—This is n medium sire, vary
prolific potato, with a beautiful smooth yel
low peel, is di7 and mealy whan cooked, and
growingln
clusters, all being attached to the main stem
by rootlets, and when taken np entire make n
splendid aha#,'
Skinner Potato—Has n whito peel, flesh la
cream color when cooked. It isagood keeper,
and is a very good tablo potato.
Georgia Yam-Thf * ”
to. Itlsaflnetabte
very line grained, and vory street. It keeps
well. F. 8. Joss*.
Burke county, Ga,, Herndon P. O. •
What a Burris County Farmer Did.
Kmessmb, Bauma Gounty, Ga. April lu,
IKifl.—Editors Constitution: Among tho sue-
ccsaAil farmers In this state who deserve credit
forsklllfol man
have one In our
to be pieced et tho hoed of the Ilat. The name
of the gentleman will be found at tho elooo of
this sketch. lie was, at the eloee of the war,
without much means, haring only a small
farm of about 380 acres; but by strict econo
my, elooo attention to buohseao, and akillAil
and acientlflc management of his farm, has
succeeded well, and bis farm now consists of
3,000 acres of land, or more. On this farm
supplies of all kinds are raised for man and
beast; Improvements are splendid, consisting
of ftnmed houses for tenants and laborers.
Recently e handsome barn has been added to
tho premises, and makes it quite attractive.
While Ibe subject of thia .ketch has snooeed'
ed well svith hia farming interest, he is Justly
considered one of the finest physicians iu this
county, and enjoys quite an extensive prac
tice.
In conclusion, thia gentleman la one of the
best men we have—ia considered a t'
Christian man, and enjoy* tho cool
this entire section. The gentleman of whom
we write is lit. T. It. Asbfosd, of KUorsiio, Ga.
Farm Notes.
The Elberton Gasette quotes Captain H. P.
Mattox as saying that whenever a man under
takes to raise cotton to buy corn and meat
with, that ho will then begin to lose money.
The siwrtion that there is no money in farm'
-Thio a perfectly white potn-
variety, the flesh bolag
or will be I
I again. Bat (twfannai* have
jo planted
ced planting cotton, and from Inquiries
. infer that .smaller acreage will be planted In
thlscrorfthan heretofore. A considerable percent of
the seed eaao and potatoes was lost, but w ith favor
able seasons and liberal manuring, there crops
■ay be brought np to an averagt.
At the meeting of tho HarahaUville sgrlcnl-
tore! society Saturday morning last, as reported by
the Times, two very Important papers wore iread
by D. 11. Frederick and W. II. Felton, two practi
cal and snccewftil planters, setting forth the cost
to the fanner of producing cotton. They wore
asked to answer the question “can farming bo
made profitable with cotton at ?!j cents.” Each
report showed a satisfactory margin for tho plan
ter, but Mr. Felton’s report Is more elaborate, his
figures showing the cost of cultivating fifty acres
together with tho proceeds. Tho estimate is made
foe two hands and one mule for wages, the crop
being "pitched” as follows: Thirty acres In cot
ton. fifteen In com and peas and five In oats.
Says tho Dawson Journal:
. Fanners have not only hauled from our market
a considerable amount of guano, but also largo
scarcely
any abatement. If II were true that rennets could
not produce their own homo supplies, then It would
bedifforenl: there would ho some extenuating cir
cumstances to excuse such a policy, but such Is not
the case. Farmers can, year after year,
by making proper arrangements, make
an abundance of com to answer their every pur-
pose, and In making the corn tho meat will follow
as a necessary sequence.
There ia said to bo more track planted in
Brooks county than ever before.
Tobacco Culture.
A reporter of Tat Constitution, being ad
vised that quite a quantity of tobacco reed had
been distributed by Commissioner Henderson,
called upon bim yesterday to era if ho.bad any
thing to say that would bo of rervlco to those
opened an interview:
"What character of land do yon think
should he selected npon which to plant to
bacco T”
“Well, air, tho experience of tho older to
bacco growing states without excoption favors
r calcariona soil—tho more cal carl out
iug will not do, for instance! ran lie given
which will prove to the contrary. Mr, J. W.
McLnnalian, of Elbert county, hut* few yean
ago was very
a stout man
economy an:
vary, hi
ly, hut a
y poor and rented land. Ho
i physically, but by hia own labor,
....... iu good management, haa made at
leaitten thousand dollars at farming, and
raised a large family. Ho ba* always raised
hia own corn and meat, and always has corn to
rell. About ten year* ago ho bought aa
old worn out tract of land,
for which he agreed to nay ten dollars per
acre. Everybody considered it a vary high
price and doubted hia ability to ever pay for
It, but before the last payment area due ba
came up with the last dollar of tho money,
which be bad himself dug ont of the ground
' paid for his land. Mr. McLanahan is an
. .uemted man, and having no one to assist
him pecuniarily or otherwise, was dependent
solely npon hia own exertions.
Tb* fact Is developing that the growing of
bora** and caltlo will nt no distent day be
come on* ef many ontetptteaa la Monroe
county, tbo fact being gradually developed
that as fine bora** And cattle can ba grown
theta as in more northern latitudes. The
Advertiser claims that “w* hare tho mild
winter climate, the open lands and can grow
good grasses here to perfection. That stock
reisiagwiU bon restore of the future In tho
county, ia th* opinion of many. That thia en
terprise or indostry will bo a great source
of economy to the people, non* can doubt
who will toko tb* time to
calculate what n vast amount of money ia rent
from middle Georgia annually into other state*
for live stock. Growing cattle and horses,
especially lha latter, oo our own lands will
atop thia money affinx.
Th* Spring Place Times points out the way
to success when it says that “if the people
would raise clover and stock instead of cot
ton, the cone now ao common In our county
of mortgaging* £1,000 farm for two or three
hundred dollars and payig fifteen per cent in-
tenet would toon atop.”
The’Tfcomanllle Times sums up the crop sltua-
on thus:
Therprfngha* been unnsnally late a< well as
unfavorable for planting. Tb* oat crop will un
doubtedly be short, rtneo much or It was killed by
cold. The roaiinue.! rains bare retarded planUng
and In meet fnelanees where farmer* got their corn
In early, it has rotted In the ground and has been
tho better.
“Georgia —
hence writers frequently speak of tho
bills of Georgia; but the haa a feir proportion
of
ronocs dray landh,
which are considered so superior in Virginia,
North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The char
acter of thcac^landa are what geologists call the
(uranic formation. They an lime lands of
Row, gravelly, aUlcion* character,
have been recommending. This
land ahonld contain nt least sixty par centum
of allien.
“Seme chemist has mid that the succeasful
growing of smoking tobacco depends almost
entirely upon tho nitrification of the toil and
when the percentage of tend is lest than or
oven down to fifty percontnm, tho nitrification
is bad, and consequently the tobacco not ao
good.
“1 have not a doubt that many of tha lands
of north Georgia will bo found, upon actual
experiment, to bo finely adapted to tobacco, or
at least we know many or tho eawntial fea
tures exist in great perfection. Among
the toils known to prodnoe n lino
reality of leaf, Is that of a grey, gravelly land,
Aland very extensively in northwest Georgia,
and very commonly known, on mecount of tho
broken character of there lands, aa “the
ridges." That It tho reason why I paid atten
tion in the distribution of iced, particularly to
that portion of tbo atate.
IT MAY ns SOUND,
when the trial is sufficiently made, that other
portions of the state an quite a* well adapted
to It, If, Indeed, they are not more ao. Bat
(hen at present tbe wbolo thing is an experi
ment, or nearly so, at least so lar aa the grow
ing or such grades os ia produced by tho state*
already named.”
“What do you have to say - as
the management of th* plant
after it haa been act ont in the field, or after It
has raised from the plant body
First, work; secoudly, work, work; thirdly,
work, work, work. There ohuuld ba no nig
gardly on of tbo plow and tho hoe then. It
ia scarcely more Important to grow tha plants
than to add tbo requisite labor after they are
transplanted. It should be stirred before rains
and after rains and between rains, and partlc
ulatly between raise. If the intervals are too
long, loot they commence buttoning, which U
a lute Indication of approaching maturity,
which the grower will find to hit interest to
delay as long aa possible.”
“What quantities of land, commissioner,
would you recommend to each, to be planted
in tobacco?”
“A very imall quantity,Indeed,I think as tha
whole thing la an experiment, that a half acre
or an acre at tho outside, would be snffleiont.
Those who are thoroughly satisfied as to tholr
own experience in growing It and of f‘
lability of their lands, might venture
TO Til* TOLL XXTNXT
of their desire*. Indeed, it would not bo n
venture then, for the prerequisites are all that
could b* desired anywhere.
“After they bare acquired a knowledgo of
the modus operand! and ascertained from ex
perience tho quality of their tobacco iu the
market,they can then venture farther if they
like It."
“Do yon think our lauds rich enough to
grow tobacco well ?
“ No, air, I do not I know of no lands in
tho atate that I think rich enough, not oveu
the fomtd lands of Baker or Dougherty, or
the gumkln vino lands of Bartow county. The
very best of them can bo improved, suit to
succeed well It must bo done.
“The average production of tho Virginia
lands was about pounds per acre in IH7I>,
whilst twice that amonut, and more, was real
ised from tho lands of Lancaster county, Bonn
■ylvanla.
“Tobacco growing then has reached groat
perfection. They
make a science or it,
not infrequently they exceed 2,000 pounds per
acre and being of a very superior onallty it
commands twico tbo price of tbe Virginia, and
North Chrollna tobacco. There are profit, for
you and profits too that can bo attelued if our
farmers will post themselves aud go at it
right. It ia always about double the price of
tho Virginia and Carolina goods nuil wo all
know about tbo price* of these. Now Ida not
expect Georgia to do much except to gain ex
perience tbe lint year, bat wherever tbo
iando prove suitable, tho second year they
should begin a thorough aud regular system
of Isnd improvement. ’
"Wbat is the beat kind of fortllixer for to-
biccoY’
“The beat is lot ■crapfngs, rich compost
heaps, etc. Virginia and Carolina provide
themselves with vast quantities of cattle, and
gather in the leaves and trash of all aorta from
the weeds, lot* and stables, and thus keep up
their production from your to year.
“Alter the former* of Lancaster,Pennsylva
nia, have dons twice ns mnch in the same way
aa Is done In Virginia and Carolina, they then
add many times as mnch more in the way of
appropriate commercial fertiliser*, to their
lands, hence they fgpqoently produce exceed
ing
TWO THOUSAND POUND* P*» ACM.
For which, they get from M cents to $1 per
pound. Than is Intensifying with n ven
geance, and th* more yon intensify the batter
yon an paid,
“In tobacco I
planting.
“Batter a quarter of acre properly enriched
inn acre* of sickly dwarfed port* that pains
ia eye each time they are beheld."
“Wbat la tba extent of the area,commissioner,
in tobacco?' 1
•If yon allude to the United States ta fisr re
can ascertain there are about seventeen
stain aa well aa I remember engaged, mere or
' ' “ ' ‘y, others “
at any other previous time. The eurvlynlof
the fittest is about to be put ton fair teat. No
doubt some will prove inadequate to the fear-
fol contest because of nnadsptedneas of soil
and climate. We will excuse them but the
CONTEST FOB TUB MASTICBY
of those who ere equal in every other respect
will be fearfol and I pray now for old Georgia
that her arms may be held up, until the going
down of the sen. I hope Georgiane will re
member that the country ia already full of tho
cheap grades of tobacco and instead of aiming
for mediocrity to dogtail, she will aether
sights higher and aim even if she doe*
net succeed both aa to quantity and quality, to
equal or excel Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In
tbe language of the commissioner of agricul
ture of Virginia, ‘Remember that n moderate
crop of good tobacco trill be much better for
tho individual, aa trail aa for the whole brother
hood of planters, than a Urge crop of In
forior.”’
“What effect is produced upon the Unde by
the growing of tobacco?"
“When we consider the yean that have been
given to tobacco raising In VtrglnU, Carolines
and Pennsylvania we might reasonably con
clude If the plant was so very injurious, that
tho lands would havo long since boon entirely
exhausted. Not so, however, for they mako a:
mnch or more today than they ever did.”
“What lands In Georgia would have with-
stood more wear and tear than there ?"
“Wo find tho boot of our lands under cotton
culture will show signs of deoay in a dozen
leu years, If they are not supplied in some n _
with hnmno. I have already alluded to the
way there more nerthern atate* hare
KKPT UP AND SVXN IMPROVED
their lands. It ia only n question of time
when onr progressive former* everywhere will
commence a system ef terracing aud fortiliza-
iion such aa never was awn in thoas parte bo-
fore, The tobacco stem couteins n larger
amount of ashes than almost any ptent known
to onr agriculture. Tobacco stems ire now ex
tensively used as an ammontete In manybf
onr commercial fertilizers. ?|ustas do tho cotton
farmers tholr cotton accd.”
A spirt did picture of Jeff Davis, at ho xppcirrd
In ISM, will appear In nest week's UoxsTiTuriox.
No specimen copies sant out. Hnbsctffie.
FKKD VHKRHAN,
GiirxNviu.K, Ga., April 15.—[Special.]—On
Tuesday of last week n travel stalnad, ragged
boy of fifteen otonped nt tbs house of Mr.
Joels Hamby, a thrifty young former, five
miles north of Greenville. Tha boy was in
telligent for hia yean aid very hungry, ask
ing for employment. Mr. liomby gnvs the
boy work and food. In a few days Mr.
Hamby a ' ‘ “
fugitive, t
achnowledL
secret might bo kei
tagging:
the pobti
bis identity begging that his
. . _ o kept *
said ho shot bio little
They wc re rabbit him
bis gun, having raught sight of a rabbit. Hlf
companion ran in front just aa Fred’s
foot tripped throwing him to
tbo ground. In falling tho gun
was discharged, tbe entire load entering tho
body of tbo boy In front and killing him In
stantly. Fnd’s parents sent tholr son ta South
Carolina first. Ho has been hotly pursued
several times. Once a party reached tlis river
Juat aa Fred reached the opposite bank. Tho
ferryman made an attempt todeUia Fred, but
Ihetay’s ready pistol was displayed and ho
loft without hindrance. A sheriff was paid
$100 at another timo to lot tho boy go. Bach
BIO some of tho otorlos told of hi* adventurer.
He ao wrought upon tho oympatblw of hlo
friend that after a few days stay Fred was al
lowed to depart in peace, notwithstanding
:n state that a reward of $300 has boon
or the boy'a apprehension. It is whis
pered that tone one has started from here In
‘ of tho boy.
The Finest Mechanism.
room wltheut a feeling of awo and revenues,
and well may ovary ono do to remember tho
wonderful cxcelloncy of tbo house ho lives (a.
Tho butterfly U beautiful and attraotiv* in Its
aerial flight and lie form Is wonderfotly adapted
to IU needs; but the human body Is tauoh an-
1 would ny to nil beware of over
leas In it. Boms extensively,
tlon wherever it gore area into Africa.'
“Is not you statement enough to discourage
•ew beginner*?”
“Whether it tear not, they era facts and
might aa well be known sooner at later. Tbe
etraggl* for tbe mastery i* greater now than
parlor in Ha delicacy of construction and ad-
uptatlon to tho needs of the being living In it
oa man is superior to the moth In length of
days.
Whon thio lino piece of mechanism gets out
of repair, what U tbe best mothod to restore it
to rflective action again? Why U it that a ma
jority of neoplejare not content to taka nature's
simple plan ana follow it? Lot ua are what
that plan is.
When tbs life-blood has mads the oironlt of
tho arteries and veins—before re-entering the
heart, to ha started on its circuit anew—It
spreads over the surbee of tho alr-eolU of the
lungs— a aurfaco greater in arm than tho en
tire exterior covoring of tho body. Hero tbs
air inhaled by the lungs meets it, changing Iu
color to crimson,and Imparting to it now vital
ity. Haro kindly Nature has been over n
Healer and Repairer; hare modern octonco
finds the pioper placo to help nature in the
moat effective way. Taking tho foot that tha
usual proportion* of the mixture of tho ole-
meals of the atmoepbere are tba proportions
exactly adapted to tbe needs of tho average
man in health, and seeing that an extra effort
is needed for tbe elck to repair tbo waste of
vital force in tho blood, n dilfarent proportion
is made in n mixture of tho ntmospneno ele
ments—a leaser quantity of nitrogen is put
with n larger proportion of oxygon, Wbon
Ibis “compound oxygon” is used, tho blood
enter* the heart with Taercaeed vitality. That
organ receive* a portion of that vitality from
thu blood in it» peerage, anil rends It forth with
more force and lere woarjto itself; the blood
leavea on IU circuit new depositor of vital force
in every cell of tisano over which It passes, and
returns to tbs lungs for a new anpply,
Tbe “Compound Oxygon Treatment" whlnh
Dra. Htarkev A I'alun, No. 16311 Arab street,
Philadelphia, have boon using for tho last six
teen yean, Is a scientific adjustment of tbo
element* of oxygen end nitrogen magnetized
end condensed, and mads portable it la sant all
over tbe|weilil,
“Compound Oxygon—ita Hodo of Action
and Results,’’ I* tho titlo of n brochure of
nearly two hundred pages, published by Dr*.
Btakkxy Sl Palest, which give* to inquirers
foil information aa to this remarkahlocurative
sinned to die by other physicians. Th* vol
ume will ta mailed free to any applicant.
Chief A Mm'*, of tho Rrothorhood of Loco-
snetlve Engineers, has held that position lor ton
yeese.
“Hello!” we heard one man aay to another,
tb* other day. “I didn’t know yon nt first,
why! yon look ten years younger than yon dbl
FRUITFUL SEED
Tk* Agricultural Department m xta Xnprorad Can-
dltloa Practical BcaulU Instead of Paataatto
TbeorlM-Dr. Lorlng'a Oood Work Con.
tlnued and XmproYtd-Tba Tamar.
Ward ■ noton, April 13.—[Special.]—Dr.
Loriog, of Maoaachnretto, gave to tho agrlonl
tarsi department Ita first offlcMnt organisa
tion and mado It the source of general benefit
and information to the peoplo. Up to the
time when be devoted hte practical experience
and bUflne scare to the management of thte
department It had been the theeter of wild ex
perlmenU end the publishing house of idle
tbeorie*. As a result of thte work of the for
mer oommlaalonar the sctuel usefulness of the
depertqient of agriculture became generally
recognized among the peoplo and ennaoquoat-
ly tho demands upon it rapidly inoreared.
The system of the department la being main
tained and constantly improved under the
present management.
An Inspection of this bureau aflbrda an Inter
rating variety of well arranged de
astonishing amount of work.
THE MAIN BUILD1NO,
a largo structure of brick, covers ono of the
meat commanding eminence* in the govern,
inent reservation, which extendi from tho
canitol to the river, and is altasted about
! way between the Smithsonian Institution
of biighteat fiowera, makes a most attractive
approach on ell sldra. To tho right of tho
building Ison extenslvo and ornate conic
tory, which ta filled with cholcrat shrubs and
flower*. To tbe left atends a great barn-like
building, known as the seed house.
In tho main building are many specimens
of agricultural producU from all parts of thte
continent, arranged and cluaified as to Indi
cate tho locality ftom which they came and
the toll which produced them. Of natural
products, wild Irults, flowers, roote and trues
there la an abundant and beautlfol display.
All tbo various soils aro represented, with tho
qualities of each on tho Ubels upon tho glare
Jar* which contain them.
Tho offices in this building are occupied
mainly by the chief officiate, the ckonilsta,
geologists, experts In various departments of
agricultural science, and by tbe scores of clerks
who attend to correspondence and tbo official
records. For the nest two months the big reed
boose has been decidedly tha moot Interesting
portion of the bureau. There the ponderous
work of scattering seed among the people in
all the states and territories baa been going on.
About two-thlida of tho enormous supply of
rcCds la distributed through
MXMHXRH OS’ CONOBM*.
The remainder goratotha different state
S ricultural deportments, to varlous.agants of
o national dopertmont, and to persona who
mako direct application for seed. It baa re
quired tho busiest work of thirty-two man,
and one hundred and forty woman for tha
past three months to koep np with tho con
gressional demand on tho seed house. Four
Hundred and nine senators and represents-
tlvrs have to be served from thte store. Each
tbra 1 saw yon
ycunger,” was tin
to be under the west!
I feel ten
years
fused
I tbs time and gave
ter. Th* doctor said
I 'bad*consumption. It was terribly weak, bad
I night sweats, cough, no appetite, aed lost flesh
1 law Dr. Fiercs’s ‘Golden Medical Dlsearery’
advertised, aud thought it would do no harm
if it did no good. It haa cured ms. lares
new man because I am a wall one.”
The Rev. Newman flmyth. of New Haven,
on Sunday predicted that Ibe taycutl, after a few
more failures, would foil Into “Inn ocuous desu
rode.” _
MSA WDWLOW B SOOTHING (YRUF Mr Chlb
flrea teeming, softens tho (area, radoore f
Ron, afiay.au pain ad
re£SS8 djdn’T
your position." “My position? My Mtttado y w
mceiiT” "No. your position. You weren’t far
enough away from me not to hear you and you
» creu’t clot* enough form* to scald you.’.
Would Nat Take Fifty Doll are for It.
pitrceeeed one or our pi
freeeh-loadiag gras, writes:
eididSy lire b*a #» I eve?eKjfraolfnreireii
V<o forItTl have given U a tho rouge trial tic fore
raytagrayUilra. lean rare rergThwraaf a
sun, send to Tux CONntTWton and gal one
will kill every shot Thanking yen for gun
like
Urn* ago is de-
sorghum, 33 quarts of cotton seed, and SB of
sugar beet, besides a varied supply of firacr
ana experimental seeds. Tho supply of each
congressman will fill eight Urge mall looks.
A member can send a list of tho names of per
sons to whom ha wishes his reed rent and tha
department clerks will direct these packages
accordingly. lint the favorite method Is to
have tho packages sent to the congressman's
room where they receive hte frank and are
sent ont by hte clerk.
Thia Insures the announcement to tbo recip
ient oftho name of hie belief*, tor and tho ae-
compllshmentof the happlut result*. Often
members ftom agricultural district* are om-
bamssed by a number of application* far ex
ceeding tholr supply of eood. hut many of thorn
secure tho supplies of members from city dis
tricts who have no nan for thoir allowance. A
popular western congressman la mid to have
obtained ten foil share* of seed for thia yenFs
distribution and his ro-eloetion is a foregone
conclusion.
Everything needed in the distribution it
.applied in the department, Th* paper pock
ets and tbe cloth sacks to oontaln too seed are
made there aud all tha labels are prepared at
tbo department printing offloo.
A largo supply ofsood ia obtained every
year ftom the oxporlmcntal farm of tho do-
■rtment, but it la by no means adequate to
he constantly Increasing demand. To supply
the deficiency a big item ia pat into each an
nual appropriation for the support of tbo de
partment. Grant care ia taken to rend out
nothing bnt sound, fraah reed, and in almost
Instance good result* are obtained. In
sm of fellura tho halt Is traooabls to
Improper planting and cnrelare caltare. Most
of tbs flower seed that rail an lost by too
deep plantings. Every supply of seed for dis
tribution is subjected to trial by
TUB BEEP TKSTEB,
which Is an Ingenious contrlvaoeg for proving
tho ftoundneu of tbe nrnu.
It consists of a shallow tin box or pan, about
two feet long by fifteen inches wide. Across
this pan are fold a number of small brass rod*.
Between every two rode is suspended a small
pocket made of cotton, with aorao fibre* ot the
cotton dipping into tbo water in tb* pan to
keep the pocket moist. Each tester has fifty
pock ala. whoa ‘
rietles of aeed, II
are drawn together,
in n moist, warm bed of cotton. Tho tester ia
then covered with n glaaa care and plaeod
where the sunlight can reach it. If th* wad
are good they soon show evidence* of germi
nation. A careful record io kept of tho time
required to produce signs of germination, and
of Hie percentage of sound seed In each of tha
testing pockets. No aeed which foil to peas
thte lest, which is deemed vary reliable, are
ecnWiotfromtta^epartmenL^^J^IMI.
Rost perfect made
frapand by a phyatcisn with special ewfi
teheahh, Ho Ammonia, Uat at Atea.
try newspaper property In the state or Ifbsouri. sit*
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try In the United Rates, and In arrowlnr. thrifty
youncdty of 4,000 Inhabitants. The Holden Ea-
terprtaa Is a democratic newspaper, published la a
democratic county, and mcetree half tbo eonnty
patronage. It enjoys a magnificent job and adrer*
thing patronage, and Is amply equipped with steam
presses and material to cope with almost any elsm
or work. Oood reasons fbr selling. Address John
W. MUtoog.
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